Tag: Marvel

We’re in the midst of London Toy Fair 2016, with a big no-photos-allowed display for Lego taking up a large space amongst the other toys. And it looks as though all the DC and Marvel Superhero sets for Summer 2016 have been on display, including a lot of new figures never seen before – and for some very unexpected characters!

Ghost Rider’s Bike – with Ghost Rider and his bike, teaming up with Spider-Man against Hobgoblin on his glider.

Doc Ock’s Tentacle Trap with Spiderman, Doc Ock (as a figure and as a giant mech, which may be in line with how the character was seen in ‘Dying Wish), Vulture, White Tiger, and Captain Stacey.

Doctor Strange’s Sanctum Santorum – it appears that this set has Dr Strange, Wong, and possibly Dormammu.

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Scarecrow’s Harvest of Fear – this set has Scarecrow and Killer Moth teaming up against Batman (who is wearing some kind of gas mask). There’s also a farmer, and apparently Scarecrow is riding a combine harvester

Killer Croc’s Sewer Smash – Killer Croc returns as a big-fig here, along with a load of villains – Captain Boomerang, Katana (both tying in to Suicide Squad, I guess) and Red Hood!

These are just reports at the moment – as we’re still a few weeks away from the European Toy Fairs beginning in earnest, take this with a grain of salt until they get officially unveiled likely in February. Seems like a big year for superhero Lego, though, if we can trust the reporting!

The main Battlegrounds set will be released in March, a classic-styled fight game which we already know will feature a Steve Rogers figure in the main set. Although not revealed here, each set is released with one male and one female figure – so we should probably expect for Scarlet Witch to show up. A set of Infinity Disc power-ups are also coming out, which seem to indicate a Nova Corps upgrade, Darkhawk (what?!) and Ghost Rider’s bike.

What we absolutely know for certain now is that we’ll be seeing, firstly, Black Panther. First glimpsed in the trailer for Civil War, T’Challa will be appearing in the game with a pretty similar design. The Wi-Fi signal seen on the boxes suggests that you’ll have to update the game before you can use the characters, as they’re all patches rather than existing unlockable content.

We also have Ant-Man, unsurprisingly, who was teased a few months back but then never revealed for some reason. Scott Lang’s design also mirrors that seen in the movies, unsurprisingly.

A Black-Suit version of Spider-Man was released for Playstation Vita a few years back, but no other platform – until now. The symbiote-infused version of Peter Parker shows up as part of Battlegrounds.

The final Marvel character found here is Vision, which isn’t a particular surprise either given that he’s an ongoing concern in the movies. We won’t ever see Daredevil or Jessica Jones show up, apparently, as they’re appearing in mature-audience content which stands outside the remit of Disney Infinity.

Characters who do fit in, however, include the two starring characters in Zootopia, Disney’s next release. Nick and Judy, voiced in the film and game by Jason Bateman and Ginnifer Goodwin respectively, are both shown here in their full packaging.

So now onto the big surprise – a ‘Disney Originals’ character, in the form of Baloo from The Jungle Book. This is the classic version of the character who sings about Bear Necessities and likes eating and drifting down rivers, and seems intended to tie-in to this year’s live-action Jungle Book film where he’ll be appearing with the voice of Bill Murray. Disney Infinity aren’t able to offer four-legged characters to play with yet, but Baloo was always more comfortable on two legs anyway.